{"id":117662,"date":"2021-03-19T15:57:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T15:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=117662"},"modified":"2021-03-19T15:57:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T15:57:52","slug":"spacs-break-2020-record-in-just-3-months-but-the-red-hot-industry-faces-challenges-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/spacs-break-2020-record-in-just-3-months-but-the-red-hot-industry-faces-challenges-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"SPACs break 2020 record in just 3 months, but the red-hot industry faces challenges ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SPACs in the U.S. have raised $87.9 billion so far in 2021, already exceeding the total issuance in all of last year, according to data from SPAC Research.<\/li>\n
The red-hot industry is facing a multitude of challenges in keeping up with the meteoric rise.<\/li>\n
Higher interest rates make these growth companies \u2014 oftentimes pre-revenue and pre-cash flow \u2014 much less appealing.<\/li>\n
Many SPAC IPO stocks have proven to be vulnerable to overall market volatility and wiped out 2021 gains.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
It took the SPAC market just three months to outdo its record-breaking 2020, but sustaining that level of jaw-dropping growth will be no easy task.<\/p>\n
The funds raised via U.S. special purpose acquisition companies have totaled $87.9 billion so far in 2021, already exceeding the $83.4 billion issuance in all of last year, according to data from SPAC Research.<\/p>\n
SPACs raise capital in an initial public offering and use the cash to merge with a private company and take it public, usually within two years.<\/p>\n
"It seems that everybody is getting calls about these SPACs. The SPACs are knocking on their doors," said Dana D'Auria, co-CIO at Envestnet PMC. "When there's a market like that, of course you just have to be concerned with the long-run return potential."<\/p>\n